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Martin Luther King Jr Education Center Academy, Detroit, MI

Charter schoolCEP schoolMartin Luther King Jr Education Center Academy is a public elementary school in Detroit, part of Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy. It enrolled 234 students in 2024-25, with 23.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
234
Teachers (FTE)
10.0
Students per teacher
23.4
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 23.4. The Michigan average across schools is 16.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.4
District23.4
Michigan16.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
16827 Appoline St, Detroit, MI 48235
Phone
(313)341-4944
District
Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center Academy
County
Wayne County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
260013100781
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
197
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
19784.2% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in Detroit

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.